Don't Spy On Us - The day we fight back
A global day of action under the banner Don't Spy On Us against mass surveillance takes place on Tuesday 11 February 2014. The UK's GCHQ is an important contributor to the various programmes of bulk...
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Death of a boxer
The murder of a young boxer in Omsk two months ago opened a real can of political worms, with the local Roma community in particular becoming the butt of neo-Nazi threatsIvan Klimov a 24-year-old...
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A tribute to Stuart Hall
Jeremy Gilbert reflects on the life and work of Stuart Hall, who died today aged 82.Flickr/nicholaslaughlinStuart Hall has died. The enormity of the loss cannot be exaggerated. There is little point...
View ArticleAnother village is possible
Do you ever wonder what a town based on the principles of solidarity, cooperation and autonomy might look like? Marinaleda, Spain offers a taste, and Dan Hancox’ new book about it, The Village Against...
View ArticleCaroline Lucas MP is wrong: the Public Service Users Bill is a bad idea
We need to get rid of the unfair advantages enjoyed by the privatisers but let’s not undermine democracy in a different way instead with more diktats from central government.What with the Serco and...
View ArticleWill the US ‘lose’ India? The Khobragade human rights puzzle
When the US attorney seeks to glow with a human rights halo, this is met with an angry groan in India.Indian Prime Minster Dr. Manmohan Singh has a reputation for dithering and not speaking out. A...
View ArticleSurveillance: finding the culprit
We scrutinize the state for its Orwellian ambitions, but not the structures that render them feasible. Privacy debates have engaged with issues of political power and sensationalist culture, with...
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Why we need radical love to create change
Living on an isolated island with my dog, it was a departure to find myself with 4,000 other LGBTQ people at the Creating Change conference. From Laverne Cox's opening speech to my yoga workshop, I...
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The Free Fare Movement comes to Rio
On 6th February, Rio's military police clashed with thousands of protestors calling for free movement in the city. What caused the fare-hike and why is the state so violently defending it? During the...
View ArticleIn search of security: "as transgenders we don't count at all"
Film: A transgender rights organiser from The Humsafar Trust discusses insecurity and everyday experiences of policing for LGBTQ people in Mumbai. Part of the Whose Police? collection of interviews...
View ArticleCorruption, the common denominator in Tunisia
An ordinary citizen in Tunisia must ask if the new constitution will change anything in the near future. There are only two things that will give hope; to see projects being implemented, and to see...
View ArticleThe inconvenient truth about child brides
It is easy for states to ratify all the necessary conventions and take all the necessary legal steps in outlawing child marriages. However, it is the very social system that produces child brides that...
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Turkey’s new internet law: policing the online mall
Since the protests in Gezi Park eight months ago freedom of expression has coming under increasing attack, both on and offline. A new law now threatens digital civil society further, handing the...
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The nasty country? Debating immigration in the UK
A new Bill removes the right to appeal wrong immigration decisions, excludes undocumented migrants from the rental market, turns landlords into immigration police and extends charges for NHS care. On...
View ArticleUK watchdog takes another bite out of failing outsourcer G4S
Commercial outsourcers fail and fail again. Privatisation hurtles on. The Public Accounts Committee has been interrogating executives and civil servants about the degradation of asylum housing in...
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Breaking up with lame: protests in Bosnia
On the fifth day of ongoing demonstrations in Sarajevo, a routine is establishing itself and there is a feeling of something new in the landscape of Dayton-constitution Bosnian purgatory – citizens are...
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The transforming power of metaphor
Metaphors are the basic building blocks of how we think and communicate with one another. Let’s use more that speak to the highest elements of human nature, not just war and competition.Credit:...
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Power and money in Ukraine
Protest in Ukraine initially seemed to reveal a country sharply divided into the pro-Europe west and pro-Russian east. But there are signs that shared issues of civil rights and democracy are gaining...
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Greek police make life "unliveable" for asylum seekers
The head of the Greek police was secretly recorded saying that asylum seekers who land in Greece must be made to reside in "unliveable" conditions before being "repatriated".The issue of migrants dying...
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Green but not in the way you might think
Greece is a nation afflicted with polarized political forces. Could the Greek Green Party’s latest MEP nomination foment anti-Israeli sentiments and escalate this polarisation? What does the European...
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